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Table I

Linear correlations (Pearson coefficient, r) computed between morphological traits, F1 and F2 axes of PCA (see Fig. 4) and epigenetic variables. Only significant values are indicated by asterisk: * P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01 and *** P ≤ 0.001. “Control”and “Stressed”represent plants in well-watered or in water deficit conditions, respectively.

%mC DNMT AcH3 AcH4 HDAC
C S C S C S C S C S
SB 0.89*
RB 0.85*
Hgh 0.98*** 0.83* 0.85* 0.81*
TLA
LN 0.98*** 0.85* 0.94** 0.85*
SLA
F1 axis 0.92** 0.86* 0.82*
F2 axis –0.90* –0.83*